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FACILITIES AT BFRI
BFRI has developed
facilities for research, education, extension and training. These facilities
are open to all individuals and institutions.
Laboratories
Laboratories are modestly equipped for conducting
research of the Forest Products and Forest Management Branches. Besides its
own research activities, BFRI extends its laboratory facilities to the Institute
of Forestry and Environmental Sciences, and Institute
of Marine Sciences, Chittagong University; Bangladesh Forest Academy; Khulna University; Dhaka University and other local and
international institutions for teaching and research purposes.
Library and
Documentation
BFRI Library is enriched with over 13,000 books,
innumerable bulletins and monographs. It regularly subscribes or otherwise
collects 12 local and 79 international journals and periodicals, and
exchanges publication with many universities and agencies throughout the
world. BFRI Library is also rendering information services to the teachers
and students of different colleges, universities and also to the scientists
and NGO personnel.
Publication
An internationally abstracted forestry journal
entitled “Bangladesh journal of Forest Science” is
being published form BFRI twice a year since 1967. Thirty one volumes each having two issues have been published so far. In
addition, research results are published and disseminated as research papers
in local, regional and international journals, as well as bulletins, working
papers, folders and leaflets. The latest statistics list over 1100
research papers, 170 bulletins, and 50 folders/leaflets.
Herbarium
The herbarium of BFRI has a collection of
16,000 herbarium sheets and the xylarium has a
collection of about 600 local and 1600 foreign wood species. It also houses
about 2000 fungal specimens.
Arboretum
The arboretum has sixty indigenous and 20 exotic
timber species, 34 bamboo species covering 200 germplasms
and seven rattan species. A good number of medicinal herbs, shrub and tree
species has also enriched the arboretum.
Insect Museum
An insect museum
of BFRI houses a collection of about 6,000 insect specimens
collected from different forest areas.
Auditorium
BFRI has an auditorium with a seating capacity of
500. It is used for conferences, symposia, seminars, and cultural activities.
There is also a small conference room with an accommodation of 100 seats.
Guest House and
Dormitory
BFRI maintains a Guest House with a capacity of that includes one VIP suite and several single and
double accommodations. The Guest House is situated on a hill top and presents
a scenic lookout of the undulating campus landscape. It has a large living
space with beautiful party arrangement and services at a minimum charge. This
has been considered by local and foreign visitors as a well maintained
accommodation out side the capital. The dormitory has a residential capacity
of 20. This serves as a transit residence of BFRI field staff as well as
trainees and students from different institutions and universities.
Museum
Exhibits in BFRI museum display various uses of
timber and important research aspects.
Health and Medical Care
BFRI has a full-time MBBS resident physician for
emergency medical care. Besides, a public health center is situated just
outside the campus boundary. The Chittagong Medical College Hospital and several modern health care clinics are within the
easy access from the campus.
Campus
Life
BFRI campus accommodates 200 families. Facilities
available for the residents are playgrounds, a mosque, a secondary school, 3
clubs, a shaheed minar,
etc. The campus life is vividly colorful owing to frequent sports, social,
religious and cultural congregations. The campus is exceptionally green and
natural. Simultaneously, the dwellers are well communicated with all the
urban facilities through the institute and because of its location in the
second largest cosmopolitan city of the country. The city of Chittagong is well connected with the capital and is resourceful
with places and events of tourist attraction
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